Hurricane Sandy: the death toll detailed

How many people have died in Hurricane Sandy? A statue is seen among homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, Queens. Amazingly, no-one was killed in the fire. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has left at least 55 people dead across the US. President Obama has called the storm "heartbreaking for the nation".

In New York, the death toll in the city from storm has now reached 22, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). Those who died include an off-duty police officer, who drowned after rescuing his family, a man who died after a tree fell into his home and a woman who was was killed after stepping on a live electrical wire outside her home.

But the first US victim was also one of the first victims of the Hurricane. Bronx resident Kenah Huggins died, not on the mainland US but in Puerto Rico, drowned by a flooded river five days ago.

Since then at least another 132 people have died, from the Caribbean up to the east coast of the United States. This makes it a total of 133 people or more who have died.

If you look at the rate per million population it shows just how hard the smaller countries of the Caribbean were hit:

We are updating these details everyday while the crisis continues - and you can download the Fusion table below (to export it as a CSV file, click 'file' then 'download'). You can also see a complete guide to all verified incidents here.